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The Next Frontier in Food Logistics with Alexis Mizell-Pleasant

The Logistics of Logistics

She has a background in journalism and a diverse resume of experience in many communications roles for companies like the Medical University of South Carolina, Amazon, and a major non-profit in the city of Charleston, SC. The magazine serves as an excellent source of buyers in various areas of the food and beverage industry.

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“Just in Time” for Automotive: Enabling Tariff Risk Mitigation in as Little as 7 Days 

BlueYonder

For example, some OEMs in the past, like Mercedes-Benz, manufactured Sprinter vans in Germany, then partially disassembled them for shipment to South Carolina, where they were reassembled to avoid U.S. Tariffs are not a new challenge. This underscores the need for improved multi-tier visibility and stronger supplier collaboration.

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VW’s Scout Is Rethinking EV Designs to Cut Rare Earths, CEO Says

Supply Chain Brain

Scout is monitoring the situation as it builds out its South Carolina production facility. trade negotiations with China. CEO Jim Farley told Bloomberg last week that supplies remain “day-to-day” despite apparent progress in U.S. talks with China. We can see transparently it’s an issue and we can navigate it,” Keogh said.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. This complexity is occurring in many forms. Supply Chain Analytics Will Emerge as a Key Enabler to Performance.

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Hurricane Debby Impacts US Southeast

Supply Chain Matters

The storm track is expected to meander on a course headed for Georgia and the South Carolina and North Carolina coastal regions. Forecasters indicate that the storm will downgrade to a tropical storm and considerably slow its forward movement.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up- February 24 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Further reported was that Boeing CFO Brain West had indicated last week that 787 production was paused at the North Charlestown, South Carolina facility to address issues related to fuselages built by supplier Spirit AeroSystems. Boeing has declined to comment to multiple publications regarding the temporary delivery suspension.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

with more than 75 locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina , and South Carolina. will reportedly be one of the largest fully interoperable chassis pools in the U.S., No financial details were disclosed regarding this acquisition.